skirmish

英 ['skɜːmɪʃ] 美 ['skɝmɪʃ]
  • n. 小冲突,小规模战斗;小争论
  • vi. 进行小规模战斗;发生小争论

助记提示


1. scrum => skirmish.
2. scrum => scrummage.
3. skirt mish(谐音“迷失”) 女学生的裙子被弄丢了,引起了争吵和小冲突。

中文词源


skirmish 小冲突,小规模战斗

拼 写 俗 化 自 古 法 语 escarmouche, 小 规 模 战 斗 , 来 自 意 大 利 语 scaramuccia, 来 自 Proto-Germanic*skerm,砍,劈,来自 PIE*sker,砍,劈,词源同 scar,shear.-ccia,小词后缀,含 讽刺义,词源同 capoccia,小头领。

英文词源


skirmish
skirmish: [14] English adapted skirmish from eskermiss-, the present stem of Old French eskermir ‘fight with a sword’. This in turn went back to a Frankish *skirmjan, a relative of modern German schirmen. A variant of skirmish arose with the i and r sounds reversed, giving scrimish, which is the source of modern English scrimmage [15] and also of scrummage [19] and its abbreviation scrum [19].
=> scrimmage, scrummage
skirmish (n.)
late 14c., from Old French escarmouche "skirmish," from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio, probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German skirmen "to protect, defend"), with a diminutive or depreciatory suffix, from Proto-Germanic *skerm-, from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).

Influenced in Middle English by a separate verb skirmysshen "to brandish a weapon," from Old French eskirmiss-, stem of eskirmir "to fence," from Frankish *skirmjan, from the same Germanic source. Compare scrimmage. Other modern Germanic forms have an additional diminutive affix: German scharmützel, Dutch schermutseling, Danish skjærmydsel. Skirmish-line attested by 1864.
skirmish (v.)
c. 1200, from Old French escarmouchier, from Italian scaramucciare (see skirmish (n.)). Related: Skirmished; skirmishing.

双语例句


1. There had been a skirmish in the half light of dawn.
天朦朦亮的时候曾经有过一场小规模的战斗.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The verbal skirmish is viewed as the opening round in negotiation schedules to start next Tuesday.
这场争论被看作预定下星期二举行的谈判的序幕.

来自《用法词典》

3. A conventional skirmish would escalate into a nuclear exchange.
传统的小规模战斗更有可能逐步升级为核战争.

来自辞典例句

4. We won a skirmish, and we'll win him some more.
我们打赢了一场小仗, 还要再给他打赢几仗.

来自辞典例句

5. He was shot in a skirmish with the enemy.
他在与敌人的一次小冲突中被击中.

来自辞典例句

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